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The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It — People ask what the next web will be like, but there won't be a next web. — The space-based web we currently have will gradually be replaced by a time-based worldstream. It's already happening, and it all began with the lifestream …

Twitter Got Hacked. Expect More Companies to Follow. — The last week of tech headlines reads like some sort of cybersecurity end of days scenario. The New York Times hacked. The Wall Street Journal hacked. The Washington Post hacked. — And finally on Friday, Twitter …

House puts Spotify on mute — Spotify apparently hit a wrong note with the House's Internet overlords, who recently blocked the chamber's Web users from listening to the famed music-streaming service. — While Spotify isn't a peer-to-peer program along the lines of Napster …

Sycamore Networks: From $45 Billion to Zilch — There was a time when Sycamore Networks Inc. was the next big thing—a leader in the race to direct digital traffic across the Internet. — This is not that time. On Friday, Sycamore all but went out of business.

The Big Money Behind Hit Game Minecraft — It takes 3,000 employees for Zynga —the largest social-gaming company in the world—to generate some $200 million in annual cash flow. — From an office in Stockholm, a largely unknown company brought in about half that sum. Its employee count: 29.

The Best Parenting App Is Against The Law — Outdated rules and overzealous regulators mean kids can't use Path. Stop COPPA! — Via: path.com — The Federal Trade Commission levied a $800,000 fine on the social networking service Path Friday morning for having, among other things …